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UNITED 'STATES' PATENT/OFFICE *WILLIAM 11, rflfsnnaiivx, for HIGIrLAi), ILlLnvfoIs,V

America, residing in` Highland,l in the county of Madison .and State., of. Illinois, have invented'certain new and. vuseful Improvemeiits which thev follo\ving is, a full, clear, and

exact description, referencev being had to theL accompanying drawings, forminigpart; of

Thisfeedlngpdevice may, lfdesired, lead this specification. 1

asserting articles .y orlrpac a ing to produce a very simpl d `"acci irate machine of this charactexlf In the" preferredl form of revolving weighing''dm different planesy 'in to,` three'diiferent taeles according totheir4 'Weight receives. articles of a predetermined fweight,4 the other -two receive thelighteriand.-heavs` ier articles. It yvillbe lu ndei'stoed,"'i'hoivever, that the lighter' and 'heaviere-articles III is a section taken on line III-IIL Fig.

II. Fig. IV .is a'detail sectionvtaken oni line I V-g-IV, Fig. I, illustygating a station#l ary. Caml-*which cooperates with the weigh ing device'. Fig. V is a h ria'o'ntal section taken oiiiline V-V, Fig. IV, and Fig. VI

is a sim r View taken .Gn line .VI- VL Fig. IV. 1

In the accompanyingV drawings: 1 designates a. base plate (see Fig. II siir` mounted by 'a column 2, provided with a collar 3. A' spider 4- rotatable on the eol-E umn has 'secured to it a Ysp1'ocl{et `wl1eel 5 whichA rests Aonthe collar 3. L

6 designates posts 'extending upwardly from the ends of the arms of the spider 4 and\furnishingffulcrums for scale`beams 7. Eacli scale Ibeam carries an adjustable Weight 7* and has a bifurcated outer end that is` pivoted at 9 to a vertically movable s uppQrt`--1Q,.t-he lower end of said support in Assorti ng- Machines, of;

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.Speeiication o f Letters familii. Ptellted BRIE-'26, 19.12.

V beiiigueonrieetedjto the' rotatable spider. by Be' it known L ;tliat, LWILniAaL F. I-IEB-Y kann, a citizenof th'e United States off a pivoted link-112 Flatl plates 12 are fastened, to the upper ends of the supports -10 for" the purpose of receiving the articles y to be weighed'fa'nd separated.'

,vice or conveyeri'eomprising a sprocket having flightsdadapted to push the ar- -ticlesto befweighed through a runway 16.

froma package or can filling machine, and :I lhave -l1erein: shown thegartieles to 'be 12 .'vvh' the latter'pass the end of the runplatesLl-g'it: tends'ito" operate the scale beam -7, but is temporarily prevented'from doing so by a. stationary cam A, rigidly secured to the central column 2. This cam is pro- ;vided withv a central guideway a, an up-- `per guideway I), @middle guideway c, and a lower guidevvay il, which receive the inner endsof the scale beams 7 and prevent them from moving yvertically after .said scale beams' havebeen actuated by reason of the influence' of the weight ofthe cans C thereon. Immediately .after one of the platesl 12 receives a can, the corresponding :scale beam'7'passes from the central guidewa a .and reaches a point B in. the cam A; (ysee Fig. II), and said scale'beam is then -free to move vertically' and enter either the guidevvay b or the guideivay (l, or remain in a horizontal .position and pass into the the correct predetermined weight, the scale beam 7 will move into the middle guldeway c, and .asthe sp1der4 continues Vto revolve,

middle guidmvay (see Fig. IV) and enter the central guldeway'a. Attlilsltime, the

sweep arm 20, adjustably mounted on the f e'rablyy mo einfunison and are timed so as t0-cause heeansC to pass onto the plates can is engaged by a. stationary middle In I1`ig'.y I, I have shown a feeding dechain'j linountedona drive Wheel 14 and Vllien'a can' is fed onto one of the middle A"guideway 'c'. If the can possesses will pass4 out 'at the'opposite end of saidv column 2," and having an inclined face 21 which engages the can and causes itv to be discharged from the plate 12 on which it rests into a receiving chute 22. This chute only receives cans-possessing the correct or v predetermined welght. l Light cans allow the scale beams to move downwardly and enter the lower guidewa f d in the cam A', when said=sca1e beams rjeac v the point B in Fig II- (See dqtted lines).'

' It will'be seen that this action ,moves the cans Aupvlvau'dly into alinement with a cam faced'upper plate 23, the latter being secured to a rod 24 mountedin a collar 25 that is 'adjustably mounted on thev co1umn`2.r Cans reaches the inclined face 22S-of thefcam A (see Fig. IV.' j; "the" lscale 'beam `fthen`xno`ves upwardlyan entersthe central-guidway .l Heavy cansztend to' movej the'inner endsof the scale beams 7 upwardly, and :when saidbeams are-caused to rise 'atl B (seef II) they enter" the yupper guidewayob f;j-f'Thi`s action lmoves the' can sup "ortinggplatell12 below a stationary ejector. y ower melnher 29 and as the can enge's the inclinedface 30 on sald lower mem r (see Figi), it is"automatically discharged yinto a receptacle '31.. After a heavly can-"hasbeen discharged fromn Y a plate 12, t eweight 7tends to move the inner end of the scale beam downwardly and is allowedto do so when said scale'beam 'l "said 1in reaches the inclined face 32 of the cam A (see Fig. IV), this downward movement causing the scale beam to. enter the central guideway a 'of the cam.

'the upper, middle and -lower guidewaysfb, c land d res ectively.communicate with the opposite ends of the central guidcway a, forms animportantpar-trof this invention because "it prevents the cans vfrommoving vertically after they have'been properlymove'd by the wcighin device. The stationary ejectors located 1n different planes and .adapted to discharge cans of diferent weights' are also an important part of thisxinvention.

@Iclaimz p `In`an assprting' machine, the combination with a centralsupport, of a' radial arm rota.-

tably mounted on said support and provided .with avertically projecting portion or post at! one extremity, 'a scale beam fulcrumed on' .the upperA end of said support and provided *with `a ivotally mounted support atits louter en ,5 the'lastnamed' support being prollv'ided'with 'alde ending portion, a guide link connecting'sai .depending end to the up- `v'eardly lprojecting. end of said rotatable ar1n, beingadapted to hold the last saith support in; vertical osit-ion during 'the vi- Abratory movement o thescale beam, a supvportingplate or table surrounding the upper end'ofsaid-'vertical support,- and means cav`- "-riedbythe first said central support for removing an article from said table plate. WILLIAM'FL I-IEBRANK. :Inthe presence of- THI:0. Irrtum,4

L.A E. BLACET.

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